Princess Changping

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I took this photo last night at Wanchai, and this is the giant wall banner advertisement for Cantonese opera “Princess Changping” at the HK Academy for Performing Arts. The opera is a story of two ill-fated lovers, Ming dynasty’s Princess Changping and her fiance, at the time of the dynasty’s fall. Well, it is one of the few Cantonese operas I like, tickets are about US$100 but it’s already sold out!

Link: a short wiki page on Princess Changping

(Btw, I just noticed that I’ve been posting night shots for days now…I will look for something in the day tomorrow :-))

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  1. tr3nta wrote:

    wishes of happy new year from Madrid…
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    December 27th, 2006, at 9:04 pm #
  2. Olivier wrote:

    belle photo avec en cadeau un bout de lune.


    beautiful photograph with in gift a moon end.

    December 27th, 2006, at 9:42 pm #
  3. Lessie wrote:

    Thanks for sharing about the opera. I’m woefully ignorant about such things. This sounds really good.

    December 27th, 2006, at 11:59 pm #
  4. min wrote:

    hey! 帝女花！i love watching chinese opera! but too bad, sg here seldom has these kind of cantonese opera~ these 2 are 任白’s disciple…*support* =)

    December 28th, 2006, at 12:23 am #
  5. kris wrote:

    used to watch chinese opera only at chinese temple..throughout the time we have “redifusion” (radio channel) this theme played 1000 xxxxx .. :D

    December 28th, 2006, at 12:44 am #
  6. walter wrote:

    Wonderful composition - the mural, the antennas and the moon. Love the sharp edges and colors too! Wow, sad story behind that opera…bring plenty of tissues when you go see it. :-)

    December 28th, 2006, at 1:23 am #
  7. Lisi wrote:

    Hi all…HK is experiencing an unprecedented disruption of internet and phone line connections because of a series of earthquakes in Taiwan which damaged 6 major undersea fibre optic cables serving the region…right now, I’m using proxy server to try to post this message and hope it will go through when I press “submit”. It will take a few days for the damaged cables to be repaired. Luckily I have tomorrow’s post ready but after that, I would need some luck but I will try…I just want to let you know in case. I hate to miss post and I’ve never missed any before just wish me luck :-)

    December 28th, 2006, at 2:59 am #
  8. jazzy wrote:

    cool photo.

    Lisi, have a great New Year’s eve and all the best in 2007.

    December 28th, 2006, at 8:01 am #
  9. Felicia wrote:

    Hi Lisi, I’ve had trouble posting to your site since you switched formats…hope this goes through and hope you will still have internet access! Beautiful photo! The headpieces/costumes look incredible. I enjoy seeing Hong Kong through your eyes and am looking forward to more in 2007! Happy New Year!

    December 28th, 2006, at 4:02 pm #
  10. Felicia wrote:

    Hi Lisi, I’ve not been able to post a comment on your site since you changed formats…hope this goes through. And good luck, I hope your internet access continues! Beautiful photo, I love the costumes/headpieces! Only 47 more days until HKDP anniversary! I very much enjoy seeing your HK photos and look forward to more in 2007. Happy New Year!

    December 28th, 2006, at 4:09 pm #
  11. Lisi wrote:

    thanks all for coming by…I think this is a beautiful outdoor banner and I know to achieve this effect is no easy job, eg, the different shades of red on red under different light sources are very difficult to control.

    Felicia, it could be my spam software over-reacting but I do get a lot of spam comments these days…thanks for coming by and you should be ok from now :-)

    December 28th, 2006, at 10:48 pm #